The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

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Progressive iackstraw parties are the
rage in Louisville.
The tournure is neither greater nor
less-it remains stationary.
Skirts of fur are worn by few Ameri-
can women of rather loud tastes.
a Maine lady refused $4,000 for her
trcsscs, eight feet one inch long.
Cold days quickly tell upon women out
of doors whose compilations are spurious.
A fashionable wedding present is a
dorr-plate with the bridegroom's name
on it.
Rover, the pet dog of the Princess of
Wales, has just died at the age OF twenty
years. =.
Mrs Cleveland says that the reports Of
the beauty of Baltimore ladies are not
overdrawn.
Mufs and boas of light, yellow
shaded badger fur are popular with
young ladies.
Some of the newest black gloves are
heavily embroidered on the backs In
bright colors.
The fashionable household pet is the
cat of European origin, very staid and
dignifcd beast.
Street gloves come in from four to
six-button lengths. Evening gloves
from fifteen to thirty. --. ...s.'..
Skirts are short for the street, demi-
trained for evening" and full trained for
dinners and receptions.
Last year, as criminal statistics show,
twelve young women were shot for re:
fusing offers of marriage.
Plaids in artistic colors are very fash
ionab!e. The old. time, brilliant colored
plaids are considered vulgar.
When Honolulu women walk out in
the rain the escort carries her umbrella,
dress and shoes, according to Gail Ham
ilton.
Gauze or Grape party dresses for young
girls are literally covered with ribbons,
satin or moire, arranged in perpendicu-
lar or diagonal lines.
It is still the reign of plush-plush
here, plush there, plush everywhere,
from seats in railway cars to the parlor
lootstool and piano cover.
New French sateens show Pompadour
designs in bright colors, artistic group
ings and finely drawn flower, leaf, and
tendril patterns, on tinted grounds.
Braiding in fern-leaf patterns is much
in vogue for tailor made costumes. The
designs are brighteded by threads of
gold or silver woven into the braid.
The black-and white striped silks are
used for bas1ues and demi-trained skirts,
, and make striking toilets. They are
combined with black satin, velvet, JET
or lace.
Primrose aud heliotrope, primrose and
pink, primrose and blue, primrose and
black, primrose and brown, and prim-
| rose with every color aud shade, is the
feature in spring zephyrs, sateens, per-
Gales, and etamines.
Tailor jackets which are made to &C.
company calling costumes are so lined
with a delicate tinted silk as to give
Frightening effect to the dark cloth
where tbe lining is made to show here
and there. This is very pretty idea for
young ladies.
The fashion of low inner bodices, with
the outer waist of transparent material,
high in the neck and with half-easy
sleeves, is returning and promises to be
popular. This is worn at formal dinners
and those occasions in the evening where
decollete would seem more than the &C.
casion required.
The low Charles TX. shoe is favored
by stylish young ladies for house wear.
These pretty slippers are of bronze kid,
and are fastened by a strap of bronze
velvet, which crosses the instep, and is
held by tiny Rhinestone buckle. Golden
brown silk hose should be worn with
these dainty shoes.
The dresses get more and more volu-
minous, and these full skirts, unless
draped by the hand of an experienced
modiste, are apt to have bunchy and
awkward effect. Almost all the smart,
short frocks, not only ball gowns, arc
fulled right around the waist, and when
they are of very rich material the effect
is beautiful.
Mrs. Mackay paid $240 for a box at
the representation OF "La Patrie" for the
benefit of the food sufferers, and went
from London to Paris to attend it. When
she got there her doctor prohibited her
wearing low cut dress, so she ordered
and had completed in twenty-four hours
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